Bryan Keith
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C + C Music factory? Yikes. That client needs a stern talking to about musical taste. 🙂
Bryan Keith
Editor/Director/Preditor
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OP,
Lots of variables to consider like who the client is and what kind of project will you be working on. No matter how good you are, some clients just will not be able or willing to pay the same rate as a well known high end post facility. Also take into consideration if the project is long-term or just a couple of days.
But…you’re searching for actual numbers here…so I’ll give you my experience. Having worked as an editor in NYC for 7 years (I’m in LA now) I was typically finding cable network clients paid in the $500-$600/day range.
Bryan Keith
Editor/Director/Preditor
http://www.happylandstudio.com -
John,
That seems like an accurate range from what I’ve been seeing so far.
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Thanks for responses so far.
Good to know that I’m not crazy with the 4 hour minimum. Of course…how rare is it that you actually have a job that takes less than 4 hours! lol. In that situation, I actually let it slide because A) it was a one time thing involving a project that I had been working on and off of for a while. B) the facility is within walking distance of my house. It was easy for me to just hop over there, do it, and leave. I was just surprised that they thought the 4 hour minimum was out of the ordinary.
From their point of view…they are hiring me and then charging THEIR client an hourly rate for me and the room. They don’t (and shouldn’t) charge their client a 4 hour minimum on his time needed at the facility. They would then end of having to eat the extra hours. I say that’s just part of doing business this way, but I digress.
I like the clients I’ve been working with. They aren’t really the grinding type. I’m just trying to get a feel for what is typical here beyond what I have experienced.
Keep em’ coming!
Bryan
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Never mind. Figured it out. I needed to turn the pre amp to the mic on!
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thx for the super quick response. I’m sure I’ll have more equally simple questions over the next few days!
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I had a situation about 10 years ago where a client never paid me several thousand dollars for a job. After it was clearly apparent that he was deliberately ignoring me, I took him to small claims court. I won the case…he never even showed up. But I still didn’t have my money. The court suggested I get a writ of execution, where the marshall goes to collect belongings of the deadbeat. Because of some legal loophole, having something to do with the fact that he ran his business out of his house, the deadbeat simply refused entry to the marshall (duh!) and that was that. I was now out what he owed me, I was out the court costs and I was also out the $100 bucks or so for the writ. But hey…I won the case!!! Gotta love the legal system. I just had to walk away as a life lesson learned.